Overview:
Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.| Status: | Released (2007-04-05) |
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| Awards: | 1 win & 22 nominations |
| BoxOffice: | $3,675,753 |
| Screen: | Alex Garland |
| Productions: | Ingenious Media, Moving Picture Company, UK Film Council, DNA Films |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Crews
- 2034: Danny Boyle - Director - Directing
- 2036: Alex Garland - Screenplay - Writing
- 2035: Andrew Macdonald - Producer - Production
- 2471563: Ben Johnson - Dressing Prop - Art
- 26194: Michelle Day - Set Decoration - Art
- 2073: Gail Stevens - Casting - Production
- 141570: Suttirat Anne Larlarb - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
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Reviews
John Chard
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Are you an angel? Has the time come? I've been waiting so long. We are in the not too distant future and the Sun is fading out. After a first mission to reignite it with a nuclear bomb fails, with the ship apparently lost in space, a new team are sent to try again. But it really ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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Danny Boyle has assembled a stellar (had to be said) cast for this rather far-fetched story. The crew of the "Icarus II" are charged with dragging a massive nuclear bomb towards the sun with a view to giving it a bit of a pick-me-up. It's dying, you see. Needless to say their journey ....
Continue reading ->whitsbrain
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This sci-fi thriller started so strong. It began as a hard science fiction film with a spaceship basically pushing a nuclear bomb the size of Manhattan towards the Sun. The ship and crew's task is to reignite the dying Sun. The look and feel of the first half of the movie are wonderf ....
Continue reading ->Rolpbert
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In this movie, madness jeopardizes a mission essential to humanity's survival. It shows how faulty logic hardwired into our brains can make our lives less effective and meaningful. The movie gets a bit messy at the end and does a bit of cinematic mysticism which does not fit toget ....
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